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Aseptic (adj)

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Free from the living germs of disease.

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Prolix (adj)

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Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.

He found the narrative too prolix and discursive.

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Foolhardy (n)

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Recklessly bold or rash.

It would be foolhardy to go into the scheme without support.

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Picaresque (adj)

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Rogues in episodes of satire

A picaresque adventure novel.

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Raucous (adj)

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Noisy, harsh, rowdy.

Raucous youths.

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Providential (adj)

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Opportune, fortunate, or lucky.

His appearance had seemed more than just providential.

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Antipodal

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Polar opposites.

Diametrically opposed to.

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Pillory (n) (v)

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Punish severely..

Attack or ridicule publicly.

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Infelicitous (adj)

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Inappropriate.

His illustration is singularly infelicitous.

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Dilatory (adj)

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Tending to delay.

He had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor

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Overweening (adj)

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Showing excessive confidence or pride.

Overweening ambition.

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Neologism (n)

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New words from older

words.

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Lassitude (n)

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Physical or mental weariness.

She was overcome by lassitude and retired to bed.

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Locution (n)

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Manner of speaking.

His impeccable locution.

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Jocose (adj)

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Joking manner.

A jocose allusion.

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Rend (v)

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Forcibly extract or take away.

Firemen had to rend him free of the burning car.

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Stanch (v)

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Stop the flow of.

He staunched the blood with whatever came to hand.

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Solder (v)

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Act of joining 2 metals.

The wires to this clip are soldered to the circuit board.

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Demure (adj)

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Characterized by shyness and modesty.

A demure little wife who sits at home minding the house

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Insensible (adj)

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Unconscious.

They knocked each other insensible with their fists.

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Rail (v)

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Bitter complaining.

He railed at human fickleness.

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Noisome (adj)

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Foul, offensive.

Noisome vapors from the smoldering waste.

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Mellifluous (adj)

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Pleasingly smooth and musical to hear.

Her low mellifluous voice.

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Inveterate (adj)

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Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established.

An inveterate gambler.

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Coterie (n)
An exclusive group. A coterie of friends and advisers.
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Impugn (v)
To cause people to doubt someone's character or qualities by criticizing them Are you impugning my competence as a professional designer
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Voluble (adj)
Glib, talkative. She was as voluble as her husband was silent.
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Misogynist (n)
Women hater. A bachelor and renowned misogynist.
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Pedagogy (n)
The art or science of teaching. The relationship between applied linguistics and language pedagogy.
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Ambient (adj)
Normal temperature.
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Inquest (n)
A judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to an incident. They held an inquest into the murder.
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Preen (v)
To dress (oneself) carefully or smartly. He's busy preening himself on acquiring such a pretty girlfriend.
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Parry (v)
To ward off, avert. He parried the blow by holding his sword vertically.
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Guy (n)
A rope, cable used to guide and steady an object being hoisted or lowered.
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Sallow (adj)
Pale white sickly. His skin was sallow and pitted.
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Plangent (adj)
Loud thundering noise. The plangent sound of a harpsichord.
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Peripatetic (adj)
Walking or traveling about. The peripatetic nature of military life.
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Rue (v)
To feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly. Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer.
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Macerate (v)
Soak in liquid to soften. Macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar.
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Callow (adj)
Immature. Earnest and callow undergraduates.
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Wistful (adj)
Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing. A wistful smile.
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Corroborate (v)
Support with proof. The witness had corroborated the boy's account of the attack.
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Couch (v)
Frame in an indirect way. The assurances were couched in general terms.
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Innervate (v)
Supply with energy.
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Impecunious (adj)
Poor. They tend to lead an Impecunious existence.
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Grovel (v)
To lie or crawl with the face downward and the body prostrate. He grovelled at George's feet.
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Epicurean (adj)
Having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking. An epicurean delight.
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Hirsute (adj)
Hairy. Their hirsute chests.
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Countenance (n)
A person's face or facial expression. His impenetrable eyes and inscrutable countenance give little away.
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Scurvy (n)
Despicable, strong dislike. The ravages of scurvy.
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Covert (adj)
Hidden, secretive. Covert operations against the dictatorship.
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Craven (adj)
Coward. A craven abdication of his moral duty.
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Eugenics (n)
Study of hereditary improvement by genetic study.
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Credence (n)
The likelihood of something being true; plausibility. Being called upon by the media as an expert lends credence to one's opinions.
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Execrate (v)
Feel or express great loathing for. I execrate any policy that interferes with the rights and freedoms of others.
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Sempiternal (adj)
Eternal and unchanging. The sempiternal sadness of the industrial background.
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Credulous (adj)
Easily believing. A ceremony staged for credulous tourists.
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Plumb (v)
To examine closely. She wanted to plumb her own childhood further.
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Culpable (adj)
Deserving blame. Mercy killings are less culpable than ‘ordinary’ murders.
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Debase (v)
Lower the value of. The love episodes debase the dignity of the drama.
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Decadent (adj)
Morally reprehensible. A decaying, decadent Britain.
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Decorous (adj)
Well behaved. Charlotte gave David a decorous kiss.
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Decry (v)
To speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty. Lawyers decried the imprisonment of several journalists.
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Artless (adj)
Not artificial; natural; simple. An artless, naive girl.
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Ascetic (adj)
One who gives up world life. An ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labor.
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Ascendant (adj)
On the rise. The newly ascendant liberal party
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Ascribe (v)
To credit or assign, as to a cause or source. He ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach
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Assiduous (adj)
Hard working, diligent. She was assiduous in pointing out every feature.
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Astute (adj)
Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage. An astute businessman.
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Suppliant (n)
One who makes humble appeal or request. She and the others who addressed high-ranking officials were not mere suppliants.
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Atrophy (v)
Waste away((of body tissue or an organ)). Their muscles atrophied from prolong exposure to harsh winters.
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Anosmia (n)
Loss of smell.
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Austere (adj)
Severe or strict in manner. He was an austere man, with a rigidly puritanical outlook
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Autonomous (n)
Independent in structure. The federation included sixteen autonomous republics.
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Rapacious (adj)
Greedy. Rapacious landlords.
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Avarice (n)
Extreme greed for wealth or material gain. He was rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
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Unflappable (adj)
Cannot be disturbed emotionally. I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic circumstances.
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Aver (v)
To assert or affirm with confidence. He averred that he was innocent of the allegations.
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Emasculate (v)
Weaken, to castrate. He feels emasculated, because he cannot control his sons' behavior.
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Dormant (v)
Lying low. Dormant butterflies.
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Recumbent (adj)
Lying down. Recumbent statues.
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Dote (v)
Shower affection on. She doted on her two young children.
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Frangible (adj)
Fragile. The frangible skull of an infant.
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Dupe (v)
Cheat. The newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story.
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Magnanimous (adj)
Charitable. She should be magnanimous in victory.
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Ebb (v)
Recede. The tide was on the ebb.
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Wizen (adj)
Wither, shrink with age.
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Countermand (v)
Revoke or cancel (an order). An order to arrest the strike leaders had been countermanded.
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Ebullient (adj)
Bubbly, cheerful and enthusiastic. She sounded ebullient and happy.
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Apogee (n) | [ap-uh-jee]
Summit, the highest point. A film which was the apogee of German expressionist cinema.
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Ecclesiastical (adj)
Of the church or clergy. The ecclesiastical hierarchy.
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Eclectic (adj)
From diverse sources. Universities offering an eclectic mix of courses.
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Edify (v)
To teach or instruct. Rachel had edified their childhood with frequent readings from Belloc.
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Efficacious (adj)
Effective. This treatment was efficacious in some cases.
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Puerile (adj)
Childish, immature. A puerile argument.
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Effrontery (n)
Bold in your face attitude, audacity. One juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner's decision.
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Effusive (adj)
Showing or expressing gratitude or pleasure excessively. An effusive welcome.
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Tortuous (adj)
Full of twists, turns, or bends. The route is remote and tortuous.
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Debauchery (n)
Lustful behavior.
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Malinger (v)
To pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work It was quick work; but Bowles had a college education—he had been only six hours a cowboy when he learned to malinger on the job.

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